The Italian Front
In the Italian Front there was many contributors to help with the fight against austria
hungary.
Giuseppe Mazzini who was a politician and writer and a huge contributor to the war. Also there
was Giuseppe Garibaldi who lead the battle against the neapolitan army he also help with the
unification in Italy. Also people overlook Italy because they are such a small nation back then
made up of mostly small kingdoms. When italy became a huge significant in the triple alliance
which surprised many because austria-hungary were huge foes this also was important to go
against germany. When the war broke out italy wanted to stay out of it because they felt they
were not ready to fight in the war. Later the Italians left the triple alliance
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In May 1860 Garibaldi
set out to Sicily and Naples. This time he had no government backing him but They stood ready
to assist, but only if he proved successful and he accepted this unwritten arrangement confident
that he could thus force Cavour to support a new move toward the unification of the Italian
peninsula. Sailing from near Genoa on May 6 with about 1,000 men he reached Marsala in
Sicily on May 11 and proclaimed himself dictator. A popular revolution in Sicily helped him
considerably for his personal charm was irresistible and many of the peasants thought him a
god intent on freeing them from slavery. The decisive moment for his forces was a small
engagement at Calatafimi when he gave convincing proof that he could defeat the regular
soldiers of the king of Naples army. Immediately there was a great popular movement in his
support and at the end of may he captured Palermo. n 1861 a new kingdom of Italy came into
existence, but from the start it found Garibaldi virtually in opposition. Many people thought of him
as an embarrassment. He opposed Cavour(he is one of the fathers of the fatherland)